Bargo Free API Packages

Name: Bargo Congress Trades
Author: bargo-ai

Official lightweight clients for Bargo Free APIs.

Packages

packages/npm - npm package: @bargo-ai/congress
packages/python - Python package: bargo-congress

Both packages currently support the Bargo Congress Trades API.

API docs: https://www.bargo.ai/free-apis/congress

Quickstart

No key is required to try the API. A free key raises your quota — get one at https://www.bargo.ai/free-apis/dash

Python

bash

pip install bargo-congress

python

from bargo_congress import BargoCongressClient

client = BargoCongressClient()  # or BargoCongressClient(api_key="...")

# Recent disclosures for one ticker
data = client.ticker_trades("NVDA", limit=5)
for trade in data["trades"]:
    print(trade["member"], trade["type"], trade["amount_range"], trade["transaction_date"])

# Filter across both chambers
senate_buys = client.trades(chamber="senate", type="buy", limit=10)

# Members, one member's disclosures, aggregates, dataset freshness
client.members(limit=50)
client.member("gilbert-cisneros")
client.stats()
client.health()

JavaScript / TypeScript

bash

npm install @bargo-ai/congress

import { BargoCongressClient } from "@bargo-ai/congress";

const client = new BargoCongressClient({ apiKey: process.env.BARGO_API_KEY });

const { trades } = await client.tickerTrades("NVDA", { limit: 5 });
for (const t of trades) {
  console.log(t.member, t.type, t.amount_range, t.transaction_date);
}

const senateBuys = await client.trades({ chamber: "senate", type: "buy", limit: 10 });

Also published on JSR as @bargo-ai/congress.

curl

bash

curl "https://www.bargo.ai/free-apis/congress/v1/trades?ticker=NVDA&limit=5"

# With a free key
curl -H "X-Api-Key: $BARGO_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.bargo.ai/free-apis/congress/v1/trades?chamber=senate&type=buy&limit=10"

Endpoints

Endpoint	Returns
`GET /trades`	Disclosures, filterable by member, chamber, type, and date
`GET /trades/{ticker}`	Disclosures for a single ticker
`GET /members`	Members of Congress with disclosure activity
`GET /members/{member_slug}`	One member's disclosures
`GET /stats`	Aggregate trading statistics
`GET /health`	API status and dataset freshness

Every trade includes member and chamber, ticker and asset description, transaction type, disclosed value range, transaction and disclosure dates, the official filing portal, and price-performance fields where available.

Agent Skill

bargo-congress-api — research and explain recent U.S. congressional stock-trade disclosures with Bargo's REST API, official clients, or hosted Congress MCP server.

MCP

A hosted Congress MCP server is available at https://www.bargo.ai/free-apis/congress/mcp, authenticated with an X-Api-Key header. See docs/mcp.md.

Limits

Keyless: 30 requests/day and 100 rows/day per IP
Free API key: 100 requests/day and 1,000 rows/day
Page size: up to 100 rows keyless, up to 250 rows with a key

Quotas are reported per response in the X-RateLimit-* headers. Treat those as authoritative.

Notes

Disclosures are filed under the STOCK Act and can legally appear up to roughly 45 days after a trade, so this is not a real-time feed. This is an independent, unofficial service, not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, or any member of Congress. Nothing here is investment advice.